Archie Shaftesbury was a Professor of Biology and Zoology at the Woman’s College from 1924 until his retirement in 1959. Shortly upon his arrival at the college, Shaftesbury began taking groups of students to the North Carolina seashore during the summers to study the diversity of marine life there. This… Continue reading…
Peter Agostini was a major American sculptor of the twentieth century who worked as a professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) from 1966 to 1985. Largely self-taught, Agostini was had less than two years of formal training (1935-1936) at the Leonardo da Vinci School… Continue reading…
David Reilly was Dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) from 1974 to 1986. Reilly came to UNCG from UNC-Chapel Hill where he had been the chair of the psychology program in the School of Education since 1966. Reilly received his B.A…. Continue reading…
Robert O’Kane was Dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1967 to 1974. O’Kane came to UNCG from Rutgers University, where he had been a professor in the School of Education. A native of New Hampshire, O’Kane received his B.A. in Political… Continue reading…
Clifford Lowery was Dean of Student Activities, Dean of Students, and Director of Cultural and Co-Curricular Programs for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) from 1972 to 1988. A Florida native, Lowey attended Wake Forest University and received his B.A. in 1965. He taught high school in Winston-Salem,… Continue reading…
Since 2013, Karen Wixson has been the William E. Moran Distinguished Professor in Reading and Literacy at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She received her B.S. in Behavioral Disabilities from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 1972, an M.S.Ed. in Learning Disorders from State University of New York-Binghamton… Continue reading…
James K. “Jim” Weeks was Dean of the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG from 1990 until his retirement in 2011. Born in 1945 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he obtained his B.A. from Methodist College (now Methodist University in 1968, his M.B.A. from East Carolina University in 1970,… Continue reading…
Cornelia Strong was a professor of mathematics at the Woman’s College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1905, until her retirement in 1948. Though a native of South Carolina, Strong attended college at Cornell University in New York, and received her B.A. in mathematics in 1903. After… Continue reading…
Martha Elizabeth Winfield was a graduate of the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1906. After graduating, she became a member of the English Department, working from 1906 until her death in 1936. Through studies pursued while on leaves of absence, Winfield… Continue reading…
Lois Virginia Edinger was a professor of education at the Woman’s College (later University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)), from 1962 until her retirement in 1988. Born in Thomasville, North Carolina, in 1925, she received her A.B. from Meredith College in 1945. After graduation, she taught Social Studies and… Continue reading…
